Overview

• Surveillance video shows McDougall attacking two TSA agents at Miami International Airport on Dec. 28, 2024, leaving them with minor injuries.
• He had assaulted a passenger on a Copa Airlines flight from Panama to Toronto the previous day, forcing the plane to divert to Miami.
• McDougall pleaded guilty on May 19 to two federal counts of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers, each carrying up to one year in prison.
• Florida prosecutors have filed three felony battery charges and one misdemeanor battery charge against him for the airport assaults.
• Federal sentencing is set for May 30 and a separate state court hearing is scheduled for June 2.